slow cd read

[computersteve]

i have a b130 dell laptop and i have all three versions of intel mac os x tiger 10.4.1 10.4.3 i am trying to install 10.4.3 8f1111 but everytime i boot with the cd to install the darwin prompt loads fast but when it gets to the grey spinning apple my cd drive sounds like it starts to read the cd and thats all it keeps doing it never stops eventualy it will sometime load the installer but then there would be no mouse can someone please help thanks....

[stryder]

i have a b130 dell laptop and i have all three versions of intel mac os x tiger 10.4.1 10.4.3 i am trying to install 10.4.3 8f1111 but everytime i boot with the cd to install the darwin prompt loads fast but when it gets to the grey spinning apple my cd drive sounds like it starts to read the cd and thats all it keeps doing it never stops eventualy it will sometime load the installer but then there would be no mouse can someone please help thanks....

 

For starters, mine takes 1/2 hour to boot, so maybe you need to be more patient?

 

Secondly, are you using a PS2 mouse, or a USB mouse? Have you installed the PS2 kexts if you are using that one? If you're using a USB mouse, have you disabled USB 2.0 in favour of 1.1 (Legacy)? Some motherboards have problems with the USB 2.0 with the install disc. I know mine did.

[computersteve]

I tried everything its still not working is there anything else i can do also why when the cd boots after a while all i get is a blue screen with no mouse and then the cd stops working also does anyone know the chipset of the dell b130 or 1300 because there the same model... thanks.